18 November 2023
Melina Costanza sends After Hours (8B)
Melina Costanza๐ฆ has done After Hours (8B) in . (c) Zoe Herwitz
โI was feeling strong coming off of Nationals last month [where she won both Lead and Boulder] and I knew I wanted to try something hard outside.
Right now, thereโs a decent chunk of time before US Team Trials in March, so I was able to get outside between training days! I saw a video of a friend who put up the FA of After Hours and knew immediately this was the boulder I wanted to try! Iโd never been on something of the grade before, but it went down quickly and Iโm motivated to try some harder things in the near future.โ
Is it correct that your previous hardest boulder was which you called 7C+? How much do you normally climb outdoors?
That is correct! I have hardly climbed outdoors at all haha. Iโm just getting into it! This is the only 8B Iโve ever tried.
I know a lot of people still give Lethal 8A/+ but I did other 7Cโs and 7C+โs that trip that felt way harder.
โI was feeling strong coming off of Nationals last month [where she won both Lead and Boulder] and I knew I wanted to try something hard outside.
Right now, thereโs a decent chunk of time before US Team Trials in March, so I was able to get outside between training days! I saw a video of a friend who put up the FA of After Hours and knew immediately this was the boulder I wanted to try! Iโd never been on something of the grade before, but it went down quickly and Iโm motivated to try some harder things in the near future.โ
Is it correct that your previous hardest boulder was which you called 7C+? How much do you normally climb outdoors?
That is correct! I have hardly climbed outdoors at all haha. Iโm just getting into it! This is the only 8B Iโve ever tried.
I know a lot of people still give Lethal 8A/+ but I did other 7Cโs and 7C+โs that trip that felt way harder.
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